New generation of Power-to-Gas technology tailored and sized to meet the requirements of typical eco-district heating plants

IoT ENERGY MANAGEMENT PLATFORM

Versatile, multi-vector energy management at building and district-scale for enhanced energy network synergy

Why PENTAGON?

In order to reach the challenging goals set by the European Union in terms of energy management, the penetration of renewable energy sources (RES) has to be drastically increased. Given the inherent intermittent nature of RES production a significant increase in renewables adds further stress to the electric grid. This comes from the production variability and the mismatch between electricity generation and consumption. This issue can be addressed by adding flexibility to electric loads, installing significant smart storage equipment and taking advantage of energy conversion. Finally, effective management at district level, taking into account all energy vectors (electricity, gas, thermal), is crucial to make high penetration of renewables sustainable. Currently such high-level management system does not exist.

Therefore, PENTAGON aims at paving the way for a new generation of eco-districts, leveraging on enhanced energy conversion systems and a high level integrated management platform simultaneously acting on different energy carriers (thermal, gas and electric).

The core of the project is formed by the development of two ground-breaking technologies:

An innovative power to gas technology at the district level.

An intelligent, versatile and service based IoT (Internet of Things) platform for holistic, multi-vector energy management

Power to gas is one of the most promising future smart grid technologies because it has the potential to solve the problem of renewable energy curtailments (A Power Plan platform showed that in a 50 percent renewables scenario, with the current management systems, 49% curtailment in 2030 are forecasted, while with advanced energy management systems the study showed a 54% renewables’ scenario with only 1 – 1.5% curtailment).

Europe’s #1 destination for dissemination of research, collaboration, networking and the creation of market opportunities

The edition of Sustainable Place 2019 will be in Cagliari (Italy) from the 5th to 7th of June.

Sustainability targets and climate change objectives cannot be met without addressing buildings and the built environment at the building, district and urban scale to include our transport and energy infrastructures. Renowned for showcasing results coming out of the EU Horizon 2020 Framework Programme via the participation of cutting-edge research and innovation projects, the scope of Sustainable Places is captured directly in the name. It involves designing, building and retrofitting the places we live and work in a more sustainable way.

Sustainable Places 2019 prides itself on being an ideal platform for the dissemination of research, the conduct of workshops, EU project clustering and networking between stakeholders of all types. SP2019 will be held over three days.